Lubricating device



, '0.1. PFLUEGER.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2y 1919.

1,384,775. Patented July 19,192L

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C. T. PFLUEGER.

LUBRICATING E. APPLICATION FILED .1919. 1,384,775. Patentd July 19, 1921.

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LUBRICATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2. 1919.

.Patented July 19, 1921..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. PFLUEGER, 0F AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENTERPRISE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY 0F AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION or omo.

LUBRICATING DEVICE.

Application led October 2,

To a'ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES T. PFLpEGER, a citizen of the United States, residin Akron, in the county of Summit and tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricatin D evices, of which the following is a speciv cation.

This invention. relates to lubricating de 4vices Such as are used upon fishing reels andthe like.

In fishing reels the rotatable spool shaft, and indeed other driving or operating shafts, usually turn in a bearing member carried by the Stationaryframe, and more particularly by what is known as the end plate of the frame.

The object ofthe present invention is to provide an improved shaft bearing or shaft surrounding member so arranged as enable the lubricant to be readily supplied to the rotating parts, but which is provided with a closing cap capable of being turned to open position for supplying the lubricant, as stated, and also to a closed position 1n which the bearing is sealed against the entrance of dirt and moisture to protect the parts when in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of this kind which is of simple form and can be embodied in a iishing reel or other device at minimum cost,

and which is "so formed that the parts are not likely to become detached or lost in use. A further object of the invention is to provide an improved friction or tension means for holding the inclosing or protecting cap in open or closed position.

Further objects of the invention `are 1n part obvious and in part will appear more in det-ail hereinafter.

The invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.4

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation illustrating one preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a cross Section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view Similar to Fig. 1 and showing a modification; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing .Still another modification; Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 andv showing still another modification; and Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7, Fig. 6. j

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 indicates a Specification of Letters Patent.

at \yvhich in the complete reel Patented July 1 9, 1921. 1919. serial No. 328,021.

portion of the stationary frame of a fishing reel, to wit, one ofthe so called end plates are connected by posts orl pillars (not shown to form a rigid cage or frame structure. n this frame is mounted the linecarrying part of which is shown. This spool turns upon "or rotates with (usually the latter) a shaft 3. Shaft 3' turns in a bearing member 4 which/1s rigidly mounted in the end plate or frame member'l. In the present construction said bearing member has a reduced sleeve portion 5 passing through an opening in the end plate, said sleeve portion having its inner end portion swaged or beaded over, as at 6, to in effect solidly rivet it to the veilid plate, whereby it is permanently held in p ace.

Bea-ring member 4 has two openings, to wit, the longitudinal opening in which rotates t he Shaft 3, and a lateral opening 7 extending radially to the axis of the shaft. Bearing member 4 not only serves as a bearing 11i which the shaft itself rotates, but is usually also provided with an end thrust bearing. For example, in Fig. 1, the member 4 is threaded at its end to receive a plug or hollow sleeve 8 carrying an end thrust bearing member 9, which may be made of agate or some other similar hard bearing substance. Plug 8 may be Screwed up to adjust the bearing. The same form of end thrust bearingis illustrated in Fig. 6. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a diiferent form of end thrust bearing, comprising a metal or other block 10 threaded into the end opening in the bearing member 4 and provided with suitable means such as the screw driver Slot 11, for purposes ofadjustment.

The bearing is lubricated by introducing oil or any suitable lubricant through the'lateral opening 7, So that the lubricant finds its way to the rotating shaft and works in along the contacting surfaces of the Shaft and bearing member as well as to the end thrust bearing.

The present device is also' provided with suitable protecting and inclosing means for the bearing. This protecting means is preferably in the form of a sleeve or cap surrounding the bearing member and rotatable or otherwise adjustable thereon to both open and closed positions.

Suitable connections are made between the cap and bearing member so as toprefspool 2, only a flange 14 tightly against the shoulder 12. l

erably permanently retain the cap in place, said connections bein of a form simple to construct and neverieless of permanent form so that the cap will not be lost. rI`he connection between the cap and bearlng member is preferably made by Spinnin o or beading a portion of one of said mem ers` over or around a transverse shoulder of the; other as will appear.

.In lFigs. 1, 3, 4 and 6 the bearing member 4 is provided with an annular recess ad acent the end plate 1 forming an inwar ly extending annular shoulder 12. The surrounding cap 13 is of thimble form and has its inner edge spun or beaded inwardly over the shoulder 12 to form an annular flange 14, which permanently locks the cap to the bearing member, but in swiveling relation therewith. Said cap is provided at one place with a port or opening 15. Consequently the cap can be turned or swiveled on the bearing member to expose the lubricating passage, as shown in Fig. 1, or can be turned until the port 15 is out of registry with the passage 7 to thereby close the same. Cap 13 may have its end wall Asolid or continuous, as shown in Fig. 3, to thereby wholly close the bearing, or may have an opening in its end, asl shown at 16, Fig. 1 to ex ose the end thrust bearing member. In the orm shown in Fig. 3 the adjustment of the end bearin is of course made before the cap is assem led in place. v

Suitable means is preferably also provided for subjecting the rotatable cap to friction or pressure so as to hold the same ieldably inany position to which it may he adjusted. For this purpose the bearingmember 4 shown in Fig. 1, is provided near its outer end with the annular channel or recess 17 in which'lies a split spring wire ring 18, the outward pressure of which produces friction upon the cap. This spring ring may be a portion cut from a spiral so that it not only exerts outward or radial pressure but also produces pressure longitudinally of the axis, thereby holding the 19 is the rsame shoulder around which the inwardly extendingr flange 14 is spun.

In Fig. 4 the iction device is a bent strip spring 2O of curved form lying in a longitudinal slotor chamber 21 of the bearing member and exerting outward thrust upon the cap. y'

In all constructions the parts may be readily lubricated or maybe closed up to tightly seal the bearing against dirt and moisture.

What I claim is j 1. A fishing reel provided with a frame including an end head, a spool. having a shaft extending through said head, a journal bearing member secured to said end head and in which said shaft rotates, an end bearing member for said shaft adjustable f deed, the transverse shoulder o the channel i endwise thereof` in said journal bearing member, and a cap inclosing and vrotatable on .said journal bearing member and permanently attached thereto and arranged when attached to prevent adjustment of said end bearing member.

'2. A fishing reel provided with a frame including an end f head, va spool having'a shaft lextending' through said head, a journal bearing member secured to said end head and in which said shaft rotates, an end bearing member for said'shaft adjustable endwise thereof in said journal bearing member, and a cap inclosingmand rotatable on said journal bearing mem r and permanently attached thereto and arranged when attached to prevent adjustment of said end 'bearing member, said cap and journal bearing member being provlded With openings adapted by rotation of the cap to be brought into registration for lubricating the bearing. r f-r In testimony whereofI aix my signature CHARLES T. PFLUEGER. 

